As an basketball fan...Griffin and Paul on the same team makes me happy. As an NBA fan...i'm sanguin.. As a bulls fan, fairly happy. But the clippers could be a super team.

So if this is happening, the league won, and got a spectacular deal for that asset. Does Kaman's contract expire soon?

After this season.

As an basketball fan...Griffin and Paul on the same team makes me happy. As an NBA fan...i'm sanguin.. As a bulls fan, fairly happy. But the clippers could be a super team.

They had to give up an absolute ton to get CP3 if that's the deal.

 

Billips

CP3

DeAndre Jordan

Caron Butler

Blake Griffin

 

They'll definitely be competitive in the West if everyone stays healthy, but they could use some more size now.

After this season.

So by vetoing the trade, the NBA got themselves a better deal and removed what, $40 million in obligations that the Hornets would have taken on?

 

The NBA owners are the best GM in the NBA.

Wait...

 

so eric bledsoe, mo williams, chauncey billups and CP3 ... they are like the good Timberwolves.

Wait...

 

so eric bledsoe, mo williams, chauncey billups and CP3 ... they are like the good Timberwolves.

 

I'm betting Billups starts demanding out soon.

If you trade after that amnesty auction, is that team that trades for him only responsible for what the Clips auctioned?

How long before Gordon is a FA and his best friend Rose can snag him?

How long before Gordon is a FA and his best friend Rose can snag him?

Restricted FA in 2012

Restricted FA in 2012

 

when Rips contract ends.

when Rips contract ends.

 

So RFA next year, UFA when Rip ends.

 

Chances Clips > Lakers this year?

Wait...

 

so eric bledsoe, mo williams, chauncey billups and CP3 ... they are like the good Timberwolves.

 

Yeah, I don't get that. 1) They claim Billups while they're discussing getting Paul, 2) They keep Bledsoe for some reason even though New Orleans needs him more than they do.

 

No way I'd have traded Gordon personally. That 2012 pick could end up being a monster asset already. Oh well, good for my fantasy team, Gordon should score 25 PPG.

Ha, I just remembered that Vinny Del Negro coaches the Clippers. Good luck with that.

Ha, I just remembered that Vinny Del Negro coaches the Clippers. Good luck with that.

 

I know the Clippers bid was better, but the Lakers still have to be pissed. You make a deal with a GM on a trade, & the NBA nixes it and later sends that player to the other team in your city/stadium.

I know the Clippers bid was better, but the Lakers still have to be pissed. You make a deal with a GM on a trade, & the NBA nixes it and later sends that player to the other team in your city/stadium.

 

Karma is a b****. Enjoy Pau

The Clips bid was COLOSSALLY better.

Chris Paul, IMO, is the pre-season favorite for MVP. He's got GUNS now. It's gonna be raining oops, oops and more oops.

Griffin better wear some solid knee braces that absorb shock. He will be above the rim quite a bit this year.

Doesnt the NBA have to fire the Hornets GM at this point?

 

Either he A) agreed to a Lakers deal that was moronic without even seeing what options were out there or B) was promised some sort of other compensation by the Lakers if he agreed to the trade.

 

Most likely the guy is out when a new owner buys the team, so I hate to say it, but theres a definite reason hed want to collude with the lakers if they promised him a future job. Either way, the guy was either stupid or worse.

Chris Paul, IMO, is the pre-season favorite for MVP. He's got GUNS now. It's gonna be raining oops, oops and more oops.

 

Not a bad point because the voters seems to like guys that spearhead a major improvement in the standings. Pretty much every other player that you can say is better than him is already on a contender.

 

My only concern with the Clips would be how their backcourt works out. Gordon was a really solid SG, without him they have a bunch of point guards to try to fill the role. I guess Mo has some experience off the ball playing with Lebron and Chauncey can shoot, so it'll probably work out fine.

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Bledsoe over Gordon didnt make sense for the Clippers, but they see them more than me so maybe they know something.

Doesnt the NBA have to fire the Hornets GM at this point?

 

Either he A) agreed to a Lakers deal that was moronic without even seeing what options were out there or B) was promised some sort of other compensation by the Lakers if he agreed to the trade.

 

Most likely the guy is out when a new owner buys the team, so I hate to say it, but theres a definite reason hed want to collude with the lakers if they promised him a future job. Either way, the guy was either stupid or worse.

Hey, it's been good enough for every other superstar trade before this, why would he expect to get a better return just by shopping around? Kenny Williams agrees strongly.

Same old Clippers. They won't be able to sign him long term. They have to win it all this year for the trade to make sense, and they won't.

Same old Clippers. They won't be able to sign him long term. They have to win it all this year for the trade to make sense, and they won't.

They have a huge built in advantage on signing him, not only the city, but the CBA let's them offer like $25 mil more than anyone else can next offseason.